Sam Baker

About 15 years ago, I stumbled upon a songwriter named Sam Baker who had released an album called "Cotton." I liked almost every song, not because he was a great singer or a great musician but because he was a great songwriter/wordsmith.One of the good things about A.I. is that I can use it as a starting point to find out about subjects that I've lost track of over the years. As I dug in deeper, I learned that Sam's story was much more interesting than I knew. From Wikipedia: "In 1986, Baker was traveling by train to Machu Picchu in Peru when a bomb placed on a luggage rack above his head by the Shining Path guerrilla group exploded, killing seven other passengers including the three people who had been sitting with him. Baker was left with numerous injuries, including brain damage, a cut artery, and blown-in eardrums. His injuries required 17 reconstructive surgeries. He has a constant case of tinnitus and the fingers of his left hand were left gnarled. He did retain enough dexterity…